The Secretaries Cup is an annual college football

College football

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 game between the United States Coast Guard Academy

United States Coast Guard Academy

Founded in 1876, the United States Coast Guard Academy is the military academy of the United States Coast Guard. Located in New London, Connecticut, it is the smallest of the five federal service academies...

 and the United States Merchant Marine Academy

United States Merchant Marine Academy

The United States Merchant Marine Academy is one of the five United States Service academies...

. Both academies compete in NCAA Division III athletics.

The Secretaries Cup is the biggest rivalry game of the season for both schools. Although not matching the intensity or tradition of the Army–Navy Game, the Secretaries Cup is often thought of as the small-college version of that hallowed matchup.

Once known as the "Secretary's Cup" when both academies resided in the U.S. Department of Transportation, the name of the contest was pluralized when the U.S. Coast Guard moved to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in 2003.

The game alternates location between Cadet Memorial Field

Cadet Memorial Field

Cadet Memorial Field is an outdoor athletic facility on the campus of the United States Coast Guard Academy, on the banks of the Thames River in New London, Connecticut. The stadium hosts the Academy's football and soccer teams, and, owing to the dramatic view of the river, is regarded as one of...

 in New London, Connecticut

New London, Connecticut

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 (the location of the Coast Guard Academy), and Captain Tomb Field in Kings Point, New York

Kings Point, New York

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 (home of the Merchant Marine Academy

United States Merchant Marine Academy

The United States Merchant Marine Academy is one of the five United States Service academies...

).

The game, which had been played on the last Saturday of the Division III football regular schedule (generally mid-November), was recently moved to the beginning of the season to accommodate the move of the Coast Guard Academy to the New England Football Conference

New England Football Conference

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. The 2010 contest was played on September 11 at USCGA, with the Coast Guard Academy winning 10–8.

Overall

The Merchant Marine Academy has an overall lead in the series 26–13. Since the Secretaries Cup was established in 1981, the Merchant Marine Academy leads the series 19–11.

There have been no ties in the series.

By year

Coast Guard victories are shown in ██ orange and Merchant Marine victories in ██ blue.

Year	Winner	Score	City	Series
1949	Coast Guard	21–14	Kings Point	CG 1–0
No games played 1950–1964
1965	Merchant Marine	17–8	New London	Tied 1–1
1966	Merchant Marine	41–6	Kings Point	MM 2–1
No games played 1967–1973
1974	Merchant Marine	14–12	Kings Point	MM 3–1
1975	Merchant Marine	9–7	New London	MM 4–1
1976	Merchant Marine	9–7	Kings Point	MM 5–1
1977	Merchant Marine	10–6	New London	MM 6–1
1978	Merchant Marine	10–7	Kings Point	MM 7–1
1979	Coast Guard	30–23	New London	MM 7–2
1980	No game played
Secretary's Cup established
1981	Coast Guard	14–7	New London	MM 7–3
1982	Merchant Marine	14–7	Kings Point	MM 8–3
1983	Merchant Marine	21–14	New London	MM 9–3
1984	Merchant Marine	41–0	Kings Point	MM 10–3
1985	Merchant Marine	42–14	New London	MM 11–3
1986	Merchant Marine	28–0	Kings Point	MM 12–3
1987	Merchant Marine	10–7	New London	MM 13–3
1988	Coast Guard	35–7	Kings Point	MM 13–4
1989	Merchant Marine	24–22	New London	MM 14–4
1990	Coast Guard	21–17	Kings Point	MM 14–5
1991	Coast Guard	25–20	New London	MM 14–6
1992	Merchant Marine	42–0	Kings Point	MM 15–6
1993	Coast Guard	31–23	New London	MM 15–7
1994	Merchant Marine	21–6	Kings Point	MM 16–7
1995	Coast Guard	27–9	New London	MM 16–8
1996	Coast Guard	23–13	Kings Point	MM 16–9
1997	Coast Guard	34–16	New London	MM 16–10
1998	Merchant Marine	46–7	Kings Point	MM 17–10
1999	Merchant Marine	24–21	New London	MM 18–10
2000	Merchant Marine	28–21	Kings Point	MM 19–10
2001	Merchant Marine	7–3	New London	MM 20–10
2002	Merchant Marine	31–6	Kings Point	MM 21–10
2003	Coast Guard	9–7	New London	MM 21–11
2004	Merchant Marine	16–7	Kings Point	MM 22–11
2005	Merchant Marine	21–5	New London	MM 23–11
2006	Merchant Marine	21–7	Kings Point	MM 24–11
2007	Coast Guard	36–31	New London	MM 24–12
2008	Merchant Marine	34-7	Kings Point	MM 25-12
2009	Merchant Marine	33-27	Kings Point	MM 26-12
2010	Coast Guard	10-8	New London	MM 26–13